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Have you ever wanted to speak English fluently and proficiently? Maybe you know an English maven who has already mastered the English language. And now you want to learn the language too.

If so, there are seven key habits of highly effective English learners that you need to be aware of to learn the language efficiently.

Habit #1: Seek ‘Arete’ In Your Language Development

‘Arete’ comes from the Greek word meaning ‘excellence’ and has to do with living life to its full potential. Learning a new language is a great way to increase your knowledge, improve your quality of life, and reach a greater level of fulfillment.

Learning to speak a new language takes motivation. Children learn their mother-tongue out of the need to communicate. But those who become language mavens and learn a second language can already communicate.

However, they learn a new language to communicate with even more people and extend their level of influence. And there is no limit to your language learning potential.

Habit #2: Discipline Yourself And Buckle In For The ‘Long Haul’

Simply desiring to reach your full potential, however, is not enough to become a language maven. Everyone wants to learn a new language, make a million dollars, or look like a movie star.

But not everyone is willing to put in the time and effort to reaching those goals. Sure, they make their New Year Resolutions…but then they break them before the end of January.

Real language mavens who have mastered a new language however, disciplined themselves to stick with the learning process even when they didn’t feel like it.

If you really want to master a second language fluently…then you need to make a commitment to yourself. You have to be prepared to study and practice the language if you really want to master it.

Habit #3: Make Repetition Your Friend

There are many things that you won’t necessarily enjoy during the language learning process. You may not like having to set aside a specific time each day to study and practice the language.

And you may not enjoy drilling pronunciation sounds and sentence structures that give you trouble. However, these are all part of the learning process and are necessary for mastery of the target language.

The more you practice them, the better you will become. The more you do these things, the easier they will become. It may take extra effort to develop these positive habits in your life.

But once they become a daily part of your life…you will do them effortlessly and easily without even thinking about them. That is why it is important for you to develop your own daily language praxis.

Habit #4: Set Clear Goals & Target

Alright, so before you can begin creating positive habits…you need to know what your goals and objectives are. That way you can create positive habits that support your goals.

Most of our current habits don’t support our goals. If they did, we would have already reached them. So, they either need to be eliminated and replaced with new ones.

Watching T.V. for example can hinder your language learning if it keeps you from studying. However, it could simply be modified to watching T.V. programs in the language you want to learn. That way your current language-learning habits support your goals.

However, you won’t know what will help or hinder you…until you know what your goals are. So, make sure you know what you language-learning goals are. Then do what it takes to accomplish them.

Habit #5: Listen…And Listen…And Then Listen Some More

The first ability that all young children develop is their listening. Children begin understanding what they hear. And then they begin to speak.

So, if you want to learn to speak English, first you need to listen to the language. This way you learn the sounds, words, and structures. This means that you need to find ways to hear natives using the language you are learning.

The easiest way to do that is through the use of audio files that you can find freely on the internet…or with audio files created for English students like the ones we create at http://EXLenglish.com/learn

Habit #6: Seek To Immerse Yourself In The Language You Are Learning

All language mavens that I know actively involve themselves with the language. They don’t sit at home all the time with their nose in a grammar book.

If you want to speak another language fluently…you have to actively get involved with the language.

And you also need to find ways to practice what you are learning in the language. Did you know that there are over 90 different ways to practice your English skills online?

Habit #7: Cycle Through The Three Key Areas Of Language Learning

As you learn a new language, it is important to develop your speaking in three key areas for fluency…because if you leave one out it will be difficult to express yourself effectively and understand what others are saying.

So, first you need to increase your vocabulary. You need to learn new words to communicate more concisely.

Secondly, you also need to master the sentence structure so that you can order your words correctly.

And of course you also need to improve your pronunciation so that you can reduce your accent and express yourself more clearly.

If you do this on a consistent daily basis your language skills will develop rapidly as you learn to speak English quickly and efficiently.

So, don’t just sit around thinking about becoming a maven. Get going. Do something to make it happen. Begin building these habits into your life on a daily basis and accelerate your way to speaking English fluently.

Language consultant, David A. Bailey, Jr has helped hundreds of English students set clear goals and develop positive learning habits at http://EXLsystem.com as well as provide lots of listening material for a mini-immersion at http://EXLenglish.com/learn

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Lots of English students like you have been asking me over the years about possessive case. So, I want to answer one of the main questions I get asked by English students…because it will help you understand the English language better.

See, we just went all out and created a series of lessons about this grammar structure for the latest mini-story module that we just released at EXLenglish.com

It’s really exciting, because we teach you all about the differences between the:

* Possessive Case

* Possessive Pronouns

* Possessive Adjectives

And on top of that…we created a series of mini-stories that focuses on this grammar structures…which means that you don’t just learn the theory behind the lesson…

Because, you also hear these Possessive Case structures being used in the mini-stories so you can assimilate them and learn how they are used in context…which means that you will master them much more quickly and easily.

Now, one of the biggest confusions that most English students seem to face is the difference between the ‘Genitive Case’ and the ‘Possessive Case’.

Many English students often have the mistaken idea that the ‘Genitive’ and ‘Possessive’ cases are synonymous – when in fact they are not because…

The Possessive Case Is A Subset of The Genitive Case

Let me try to explain this for you in plain English…without getting bogged down in too much detail here. So, think of the Genitive Case as a large cake.

Got it? Okay.

So, now imagine cutting out a big piece of that cake and putting it on your plate. That piece of cake represents the Possessive Case.

Does that make sense to you? In other words, the possessive case is a part of the genitive case.

So, if we wanted to define each of these terms just so that you understand them clearly this is what it would look like:

* The Genitive Case suggests the relationships between nouns

* The Possessive Case is used to indicate the relationship of possession between nouns.

Now how is that for some short, sweet, and simple definitions?

But now, I’m sure you want some more examples to help you really understand the difference here.

So, let’s see what we can come up with.

Some Live Examples

Let’s look at some different examples here of the ‘Genitive Case’. We can have a sample sentence that looks like this:

The texture of the sand (the sand’s texture)

This is the possessive case. It refers to the relationship between the sand and its texture. It lets us know that this texture belongs to the sand.

‘The pile of sand’

This is a ‘Genitive Case’ because it describes the relationship between the sand and the pile (composition). However, neither of these nouns possesses or belongs to the other. Therefore, it is not ‘Possessive’

So, if someone calls the ‘Possessive Case’ the ‘Genitive Case’ they are correct. There is nothing wrong with that.

But just realize that even though all ‘Possessives’ are part of the ‘Genitive Case’…not all ‘Genitives’ are automatically ‘Possessive’.

Alright! I hope that help clear up some of the confusion about the differences/similarities between the ‘Possessive Case’ and the ‘Genitive Case’.

If you have any more questions…just contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.

About The Author

English Consulting Expert David A. Bailey, Jr uses powerful Grammar Mini-Story Lessons to help his English students master the Possessive Case implicitly. Now, he is releasing his simple and easy-to-understand English Grammar Mini-Story Lessons at http://EXLenglish.com/ to help you master the Possessive Case quickly and easily.

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You’ve spent a lot of time and effort learning to speak English fluently with native speakers someday. The only thing left for you to do is express yourself more naturally and efficiently.

However, if you are like most English students who want to sound formal and speak perfectly you will sound really strange. A case in point was an advanced student who once tried to tell me a joke in English. But he told it so perfectly and formally that it sounded like he was telling it to the queen.

And I imagine that you don’t intend to become a university professor, so there is no need to speak formally and try to explain everything you want to say. It is much easier to use an idiomatic expression or a bit of slang to get your ideas across to people.

 Idiomatic expressions are such a powerful way to express your thoughts and ideas. You can express yourself more effectively with a simple expression that conveys your feelings…than with a hundreds of words.

So, if you want to express yourself more naturally and sound more like a native speaker….here are three quick tips to get you started.   

Tip #1: Research Idiomatic Expressions

The first thing you should do is search for common idiomatic expressions that you can use to express yourself more naturally. I know this sounds really obvious, but how many English students actually do this.

The easiest way to do that is just get online and ‘google’ common idiomatic expressions. Better yet…try to find them with audio so you can learn how to pronounce them correctly.

That way, you will know what they mean without trying to translate expressions literally when you come across them in your reading. 

Tip #2: Practice The Expressions You Know

Once you learn some new ways to express yourself in English…make sure that you put them to use and practice them many times.

Remember that practice makes perfect…and permanent. So the more you practice the new idiomatic expressions and slang…the better you will learn them.

So, look for ways to use these expressions when you are talking with other people in English.

Tip #3: Read A Lot

Another great way to put both of the above tips into practice at the same time is to read. While you are reading, you will see some of the idiomatic expressions and slang that you have already learned.

You will also come across many new expressions as well which means that you will be learning new ways to express yourself as well.

And better yet if you can get audio books or podcasts to go along with what you are reading as well. Not only will you see them in writing, but you will also learn how to pronounce them correctly as well. 

So, constantly be on the lookout for new ways to express yourself more naturally and easily. And when you learn them…then put them into practice right away.

About The Author:

Your Personal English Trainer David A. Bailey, Jr uses the power of mini-stories to teach idiomatic expressions, slang, jargon, and other such multi-word vocabulary quickly and efficiently. Now, he’s providing powerful mini-story lessons that teach you to express yourself more effectively in the English language at http://EXLenglish.com/learn

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Every once in a while, someone asks me why they should study idiomatic expressions and slang…instead of just focusing on single words. And the answer is twofold.

Reason #1: It’s Just The Way They ‘Chew The Fat’

First, you should study slang and expressions because that is the way that native speakers talk in English…and if you don’t understand the expressions they use then you won’t understand what they say.

If you simply stick to the formal English you are taught in your English course, you will have a hard time understanding native speakers when they are talking.

A simple case in point was a young man I know who worked with my wife in a large multinational corporation in Brazil.

One day, several North American businessmen arrived at the company to initiate a new business partnership. They were walking around the company and getting to know everyone.

So, one of the men leaned over the counter and shook this young man’s hand and asked him, “What do you call yourself?”

This poor guy who had studied English all his life had no clue what he was being asked, because he had always been taught in school that, “What’s your name?” was the ‘proper’ way to ask that.

Now obviously, if you don’t ever intend to talk to native English speakers then I guess you don’t have to worry about learning more than one way to express yourself.

Reason #2: You Will ‘Get It’ When You Hear The Expressions

The second reason you should learn new ways to express yourself is because when you come across common idiomatic expressions and phrases when you are reading…you will try to understand them by translating them literally into you mother-tongue.

Since it is an expression…it won’t make any sense if you try to translate word for word.

So, if you begin to familiarize yourself with common expressions and slang, you will be able to understand what is being expressed when you are reading or talking with native English speakers.

And that my dear student, is why it is good to begin to familiarize yourself with common idiomatic expressions, slang, and jargon in English as soon as possible.

About The Author:

Your Personal English Trainer David A. Bailey, Jr uses the power of mini-stories to teach idiomatic expressions, slang, jargon, and other such multi-word vocabulary quickly and efficiently. Now, he’s providing powerful mini-story lessons that teach you to express yourself more effectively in the English language at http://EXLenglish.com/learn

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As I was doing research for the Vocabulary Secrets Revealed Series of my EXLsystem, I discovered that there is so much garbage about language learning on the web. People that say they are experts are infiltrating your minds with myths that are absolutely FALSE!

And, that’s exactly why I’ve created a Special, Must-Have Report to be included within my system.  And, now I’m ready to make some real waves in my industry by debunking 3 major myths right now in this article!

Language Learning Myth #1: You Must Travel Abroad To Speak English Fluently

Language Learning Fact: It seems like a lot of people are questioning whether it’s really possible to learn a new language in their mother country, but I think it’s quite bizarre.

Language is simply communication…and groups of people everywhere communicate in different languages in the same location. So what’s the big deal?

You just have to find ways to learn and practice the language you want to learn where you are. And the easiest way to do that is by connecting with people and resources that can help you online.

One of the best language learners I ever met was an English student in Brazil. He had never lived abroad. The only resource he had was a simple VCR.

Now just imagine what you can accomplish with all the videos freely available in any language online through youtube and other such video sites.

Oh, yeah! Did I forget to mention that there are at least 89 different other ways to learn and practice a new language online as well.

Language Learning Myth #2: Developing Your Listening Skills Is The Most Difficult Task You Face As An English Student

Language Learning Fact: Before children learn to speak their mother-tongue, they understand much of what they hear.

My oldest daughter’s first words were ‘Let Go’. That was because another little kid had grabbed her sandle and they were having a tug-of-war contest over it.

But even before she screamed those words at the top of her lung, she would amaze people who saw her do everything I told her too.

Since we were living in Brazil at the time, people were amazed that she could understand everything I said in English. They would stand flabbergasted as she pointed to different parts of her body and picked up various objects when requested.

However, for some strange reason, many language learners have the crazy idea that understanding what they hear in a foreign language is extremely difficult.

They think that they have to learn to speak it fluently before they can understand what they hear when listening to music, watching a movie or talking with friends.

Why would anyone think that trying to learn a new language backwards, would be any easier then the way they learned their native language.

So, when I teach my students some new vocabulary words or a new grammar structure…I always tell them a short story that applies what they learn.

New students are always amazed when they realize that they can understand what I am saying even before they begin talking.

Language Learning Myth #3: You Must Learn Grammar Before You Can Talk

Language Learning Fact: You learned to speak your native-language long before you went to school and started studying grammar.

When you look at it in that light, it seems rather silly to try to learn a new language backwards. Why would anyone want to learn study a new language the hard way?

Have you ever seen a classroom full of frustrated students trying to memorize a list of grammar rules for a language that can’t even speak yet? No wonder so many give up before ever learning how to speak fluently.

Whenever they want to say something in the new language, they have to pause first to try and remember all the grammar rules and the exceptions to those rules before they can say anything.

And if you really had to learn perfect grammar before you started speaking…there would be a lot more mute people in the world today. Even illiterate, ‘unschooled’ people speak their mother-tongue fluently and naturally.

Why? Because they learn the grammar implicitly by hearing it used all around them. Most of my students are shocked when I ask them to explain a simple grammar topic in their own language.

Even though they can give me plenty of examples of how it is used…they usually can’t explain the rules. They get so excited when they realize that they don’t have to memorize grammar rules before they can start speaking.

Of course, I always explain how different grammar structures work in the language. Obviously, a quick overview always helps understand why they say things a certain way.

But they feel so relieved when they realize that they don’t have to spend years learning boring rules before they can start carrying on a conversation.

They get so excited when they hear a grammar mini-story where they can hear the grammar being used. And they love being able to retell the same mini-story on their own with that particular grammar structure.

They pick it up quickly and easily without having to fry their brains on 101 different exceptions to the way grammar works.

So, there you have it – 3 language learning myths exposed and debunked. For lots more great language learning information check out my EXLsystem now at: http://EXLsystem.com

About the Author:

Language Consulting Expert David A. Bailey, Jr uses the power of mini-stories to create powerful lessons for English students who what to learn to speak English fluently without having to travel abroad. Now, he’s revealing his top secrets to developing your listening skills and helping you learn to think in English so you can reduce your accent and speak English naturally. Go to http://EXLenglish.com/members and get David’s mini-stories and lessons  to speak English fast!

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Learning new vocabulary in English is a great way to learn the language because words are the building blocks of language.

So, you are excited. You are motivated. You are inspired. You are ready to travel the world and speak fluent English to everyone you know. You see yourself getting a better job, making more money, meeting influential people, and becoming a more culturally refined person.

So, you grab a dictionary and start with the letter A and begin learning new words. The first day you learn 100 new words. But the next day you realize that you forgot what most of them mean. And when you try to talk with them…you can’t recall the words.

You are frustrated!

This isn’t so much fun anymore. You study your list of new words again. But by time you get to the end…you no longer remember the words from the beginning. You throw your list on the ground and stomp off to watch TV. You know it won’t help you reach your goals…but at least you don’t have to think much.

So, how do you remember the new words you are learning so that you don’t forget them?

Here’s how to learn new vocabulary so you don’t forget them and speak fluent English.

1. Learn Less…But More Often

Scientific research published by Herman Ebbinghaus has revealed that we forget more than half of what we learn within 20 minutes. The same research reveals that information reviewed on a frequent basis is retained for much longer time. Since most English students only study the language once a week twice a week…they have more time to ‘forget’ things. So, instead of studying once a week for a couple of hours…study everyday even if it’s only for 15 minutes. This will allow you to recall your words more easily, develop positive habits, and recall words when you need them.

2. Review More Words That You Learn

Learning one million words is great if you want to become a walking dictionary, however, it will not do you any good if you don’t know how to use them correctly. It’s much better to have smaller vocabulary of 1000 commonly used words that you can use to express yourself effectively. So, make sure you learn words deeply and activate them so that they are on the tip of your tongue when you need them. Focus on reviewing your vocabulary frequently and often…as you add in new words and develop your vocabulary.

3. Recycle Your Vocabulary Words As Much As Possible

In light of what we mentioned above…recycle the words that you are learning at every opportunity. Look for them while you are reading. Listen to podcasts where you think you might hear them. And think them in your own head as often as you can. I highly recommend the use of mini-stories to recycle the words through the use of mini-stories. It’s really simple actually. Whenever you learn a few new words, try to make up a crazy story where you use those words often. Then tell the story to everyone you can. It works great because you are putting the words inside a context that is easy to for you to remember.

4. Use Your New Vocabulary A.S.A.P.

Another thing you want to do is make sure that you are using your new vocabulary as much as possible. Look for opportunities to use that new word. If you are learning about tools, then go to the hardware store and ask the salesman questions about them. Ask him how much that new hammer costs…or how much time that new chainsaw will save you.

5. Just Relax And Have Fun

Don’t worry about learning 59,641 words faster than your buddy Joe so that you can impress Mary…unless you are making a game out of it and having fun. Learning to speak fluent English is not an end in itself. What you really want are the benefits learning English will bring you. And besides, when you are having fun…your mind is much more relaxed and open to learning.

A relaxed mind is an open mind. And an open mind is prepared to accept and assimilate new vocabulary words so that you can express yourself more fluently and proficiently.

Every single day, I have to remind myself to relax and just enjoy the journey no matter what — and I am the language consultant. I know that if I don’t remind myself to relax and enjoy what I do to educate business executives, freelancers, and professionals just like you, I would be able to create effective language learning material on a daily basis.

I learn new vocabulary words every day. I learn new words in the language of the students I help. I learn new words in my mother-tongue to teach others how to talk about their occupations.  I teach new vocabulary words every day. I write new mini-stories to teach those vocabulary words every day.

And guess what?

I rarely ever forget those words, and you won’t either if you relax your mind, enjoy the learning process and follow the strategies I described in this article.

About The Author:

English Language Expert, David A. Bailey, Jr has helped hundreds of English students just like you learn new vocabulary words and start speaking English like they want to. For English mini-stories that can help you improve your listening skills, start thinking in English, use your new vocabulary fluently, join David’s NEW Learn English Member’s Only Club at http://EXLenglish.com/members

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While most English students struggle to learn English grammar, mini-stories instantly turned Rinaldo Guerreiro into a fluent English speaker. Now an English speaking maven, this former English student of mine now teaches others students just like himself in several different English schools. And he now creates his own mini-stories to teach his English students.

Junior is not a language geek. He was not ‘holed’ up in a cave 14 hours a day to learn English. He is just a normal, small-town person his English students can relate to. You too, can become an English-speakng maven — and even teach others too — when you follow my grammar learning strategies below…the sames ones applied in the EXLenglish club at http://EXLenglish.com/learn

My Fool-Proof Plan to Mastering English Grammar With Mini-Stories

There are two major problems that English students face when studying grammar. The first is they spend way too much time focusing on the exceptions and waste time that could be used more profitably.

The second problem is that when they want to talk in English, they have to pause to remember all the rules and exceptions to the rules before they can say anything. That kills your fluency and makes you stumble over your words and sentences.

Using the mini-stories we provide at http://EXLenglish.com/learn
and following these three simple steps will help you overcome both of these problems that most English students face with a single blow.

Step 1: Listen To Your English Mini-Story

Once you have a mini-story that focuses on the English grammar structure that you want to learn, you need to listen to it many times. This will allow you to begin assimilating the grammar structure before you begin to study the grammar rules. This will make it much easier to understand.

Listen to your English mini-story several times a day. And do this for several days. It is important that you understand the story well and grasp its internal structure implicitly before you try to memorize any of the rules. Otherwise the rules just won’t make sense.

Instead you want to use the grammar rules to explain what you have already seen in the story because that is how children learn to speak their mother-tongue. First they learn how to talk. Then they go to school to study grammar. So, why learn English any differently?

You can get new mini-stories to listen to each month at http://EXLenglish.com/learn

Step 2: Study Your Grammar Lesson

So, after you have listened to the mini-story several times and understand it, now it is time to study your grammar lesson. Now this is where most English students make the fatal mistake of getting bogged down in the details.

Most want to learn all the rules and exceptions to each rule…and waste lots of time where it isn’t profitable. At this point in you English learning process you want to speak English fluently like a native. And native speakers make lots of ‘grammar’ mistakes…which means that if you speak too perfectly you won’t sound like a native.

There is nothing wrong with that…if you are the head English professor in some fancy language university where you want to impress everyone. But if you’re like 99% of the English students I know — you just want to be able to express yourself clearly and easily.

So, don’t get bogged down in the details and all the exceptions to the grammar rules. Instead of spending weeks trying to learn how the grammar doesn’t work…you can spend just five minutes watching a quick video to understand how it does work.

Focusing on the basics…means that you can spend your effort and energy on what is most important — developing your fluency.

You can watch our quick 5-minute grammar lessons at http://EXLenglish.com/learn

Step 3: Do Your Grammar Exercises

Now that you understand the basic concepts of the grammar structure…it’s time to put your skills into practice. So, this is where you want to do some basic English grammar exercises.

Not only will you be practicing what you are learning…but you will also be testing yourself which means that you will be able to evaluate if you really understood what you learned correctly.

We give you grammar exercises to go along with each grammar lesson at http://EXLenglish.com/learn

Bonus Step: Listen To The Grammar Mini-Story

Okay! I know I promised you three steps…but I wanted to give you an extra bonus step here that will really help you master the grammar structures that you are learning.

For best results when learning something, you must compare it to something else. That way you can look at the similarities and differences between each one. So, what I always recommend that you do is listen to your original mini-story again…but this time with a different grammar structure.

For example, if your original mini-story was in the present continuous…you would now want to hear it in the past continuous or the present perfect. That way you can observe what changes between the structures and what remains the same.

You also get a Grammar Mini-story to accompany every grammar lesson and mini-story you listen to at http://EXLenglish.com/learn

Follow these steps, and you will master the English grammar structures quickly and easily so you can speak English fluently and proficiently like a native speaker in the least amount of time.

David A. Bailey, Jr creates easy grammar lessons and mini-stories to help you master the English grammar. David invites you to watch his grammar lessons, see the grammar in action through mini-stories, and then do the grammar exercises (answers provided free of charge)…as well as provide you with ‘grammar mini-stories’. Join David’s English Club at http://EXLenglish.com/learn

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Reducing your native accent and improving your English pronunciation skills seems to be one of the most challenging difficulties that English students like you face.

Let’s face it. If you want to speak fluent English and sound like a native…then you need to reduce your accent.

However, my guess is that there are still a few sounds in English that give you the most trouble…and that you can’t seem to get rid of.

Take This Simple 3-Question Accent Reduction Quiz to Discover Exactly How Serious You Are About Improving Your English Pronunciation

Are You Improving Your Pronunciation By Listening To Native Speakers?

This is a simple concept, but is extremely important to reducing your accent and improving your pronunciation. This is because you need lots of contact with the language to familiarize your ears to sounds that do not exist in your mother-tongue. The easiest way to do this is through the use of mini-stories and podcasts.

Think about it for a minute. A child grows up listening to the people around him. He learns to speak like the people around him. He pronounces words the way he hears others say them. If you grow up in the southern U.S.A. like I did…you start talking with a southern draw.

So, if you want to sound like a North American…then by all means, listen to North American speakers. If you want to speak like someone from England…then watch the BBC like my student Franklin Veras. Everyone who hears him talk thinks he is from England…even though he has never traveled abroad.

Now, if you live in a country where people don’t speak English…then you need to find a way to listen to the language. And the easiest way to do that is to listen to mini-stories and podcasts recorded by native speakers.

Are You Reducing Your Accent By Systematically Studying Each Sound In English?

So, once you get serious about reducing your accent and start listening to native to improve your pronunciation…then you can take it to the next level. At this point you can begin systematically focusing on specific sounds in the English language…especially the ones that give you the most trouble.

You can find lots of pronunciation classes and courses online. You can study specific lessons and reduce your accent with specially designed exercises that will help you improve your pronunciation.

I recommend that you start off by simply listening to the sounds you want to work on and familiarize yourself with them. Then you can go back over them and repeat along with the audio so that you mimic what you hear.

And you can even find specially designed mini-stories that focus on specific pronunciation sounds in the English language like the ones we prepare for you at http://EXLenglish.com/learn

Does Your Current English Learning Material Provide You With Proper Exercises To Develop The Fluency You Desire?

Many English students study the language in one of two ways. Some buy a single book and follow it blindly…whether or not it contains the material they need or not which means that they don’t get all the information they need. This is especially true since many English materials focus primarily on grammar…and less on improving your pronunciation.

Other students go to the other extreme and simply pick things to study at random. They just study whatever seems to catch their eye at the moment with no real plan or purpose. Both of these extremes can cause problems.

To avoid this…you must define what your goals and objectives are first. This means that you need to evaluate yourself and develop a strategy that will allow you to reach your specific goals.

The best thing to do is find good language coach who has sufficient experience in the area who can help you create a plan that is tailored to your specific needs and can tell you what sounds you need to focus on and can point out resources that will help you improve your pronunciation and reduce your accent.

So, How Did You Do On The Quiz?

Are you listening to native speakers and systematically focusing on specific sounds with the proper material to improve your pronunciation? If you haven’t being doing any of these things until now…it’s okay. It’s not your fault.

How can it be…since no one ever taught you how to do this correctly? You never had a language consultant to share this information with you and help you develop a strategy to reach your goals.

But the good news is that you there are tools, resources, and services that can help you out. And the best place to start is with my free report called the ‘Three Keys To Speaking English Like A Native’ at http://EXLenglish.com/threekeys

Language consulting expert, David A. Bailey, Jr uses the power of mini-story lessons to help English students who want to improve their pronunciation, reduce their accent, and speak fluent English. Now, he’s providing English mini-stories and pronunciation lessons to help you speak real English quickly and efficiently. Go to http://EXLenglish.com/learn to get some of David’s pronunciation lessons right now.

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Many English students that want to learn English, complain that they are unable to speak English fluently. They complain that their teacher is no good, or their English book is too easy, or even that the language itself is too hard.

But I say ‘Hogwash’ to all of that! If you can speak your mother-tongue, then you can speak any other language you really want to. It just takes study and practice.

So, if you want to leave the crowd of language-learnin-whiners behind and really speak English fluently…then it’s important to understand what holds them back — so you can break free.

Reason #1: They Have No Set Time To Study English

Many English students want to learn to speak English fluently, but unfortunately they never do. They think about learning the language and dream about talking like a native. But they never actually set aside the time to study English.

They make excuses and procrastinate. They think that they will get to it when they ‘find time’. Or they think that the time they have isn’t enough. So, they sit there and spend another hour in front of the television…imagining what it would be like to speak English like those actors they see.

Once in a while they may study…but then other days they don’t. They never stick with it long enough to get into the habit of studying English and mastering the language.

Reason #2: They Don’t Know What To Study

The second reason language students fail to learn English is that they don’t know what to study. They have bookshelves loaded with English books, English workbooks, English CDs, English programs, English DVDs, English websites.

Then when they sit down to study they get overwhelmed. They don’t know where to start. So, they go online and search for some new material that will help them learn English so they can buy another book or CD that holds all the answers.

That is part of the reason that our membership is so powerful…we give you a Daily Checklist and show you exactly what to study each day. Everyday you get two or three new English learning exercises with vocabulary, grammar, pronunciations, and expression lessons at http://EXLenglish.com/learn

Reason #3: They Don’t Practice What Little They Do Study

The third and final reason English students never learn to speak English fluently is that when they do study something…they fail to practice it. Usually it is because they are shy and afraid to make a mistake.

But if you want to improve your English speaking skills, you have to practice and use the English language. You must practice the new English vocabulary, grammar structures, and pronunciations you are learning each day.

And by using our Daily English Checklist…you get audio exercises to help you practice what you are learning and develop your fluency fast. That way you can feel confident when you speak English with other people.

Set Aside A Specific Time To Systematically Study And Practice English

If you set aside time to learn English every day you will begin to see the results. It doesn’t matter if you only have 15 minutes to study. Take advantage of those moments to change your life.

The simple act of setting aside a definite time to improve your English language skills each day will create the self-discipline and positive habits you need to learn to speak English fluently.

When Will You Study English Today?

So, choose a time to study the English language every day. It can be in the morning right after you wake up or at night before you go to bed. What is important is that you make a decision to learn English…and then do whatever you need to do to reach your language learning goals.

Here at EXLenglish, our goal is to provide you with a powerful daily checklist to help you learn to speak English fluently and proficiently like a native speaker while thinking in the language. We are providing mini-stories and English lessons online so you can develop your listening skills and improve you speaking skills while thinking in English http://EXLenglish.com/learn as you use our Daily English Checklist with instant English lessons each day.

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